Tech News
EU Commission: Current consumer rules unfit for 2024 online market
The Commission’s report on EU consumer law finds that addictive designs, social media influencers, and dark patterns are posing risks for users, manipulating their choices online. It will serve as the basis for the Digital Fairness Act, which will be on the next Justice Commissioner's agenda.
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Europe News
What is the new recipe for MEPs grilling European Commissioners?
The new Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament adopted last April modify the conduct of the hearings on the committees involved, the duration, the speaking time but also introduce more scope for ongoing scrutiny throughout the mandate.
Health news
COVID was paradigm shift for EU policymaking - Health Commissioner
There’s no turning back from the approach to EU health policymaking developed during the COVID pandemic – and it's why it should remain high on the agenda, the health commissioner said in an interview for the Euronews Health Summit.
Europe Decoded
Euroviews. VDL should focus on implementing deforestation law, not its rollback
The EUDR requires stringent due diligence that sheds light on long supply chains that often obscure human rights violations. Voluntary pledges cannot substitute for this regulation. Luciana Téllez Chávez writes.
Europe News
Brussels airports cancel hundreds of flights as workers go on strike
Flights to and from airports Zaventem and Charleroi in Brussels will be put on hold as reportedly hundreds of security, cleaning and hospitality staff employed at the major transport hubs will strike for better wages and working conditions.
Space
Is EU's first space commissioner launched on low-orbit mission?
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's second term will see the first-ever commissioner for defence and space. But his mission and support do not match the recognition seen at the policy level, analysts and industry representatives argue.
Europe News
Is the EU's forest protection law becoming Brussels' next nightmare?
In an interview with Euronews, the outgoing European Commissioner for Environment, Ocean and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius said that he finds very 'difficult' to understand why the position on the deforestation law has changed significantly after its approval.
